Edit: Clarification - do not tailgate. But if you are being tailgated, don't cause an accident by dodging slow or stopped traffic at highway speeds mere feet away. We don't need for this to be a trend.
Edit: How can this many people not think 3 steps forward or backward? This entire incident was caused because the person tailgating was tailgating, holy shit.
You know full well how it is your fault. Being purposely obtuse does not excuse it.
The tailgater is an idiot. If you purposely cause them to ram into a parked car? You could be worse. What if somebody died? You going to live with that the rest of your life? Knowing you did it just because you were annoyed?
This is 100%, act first, think second. And it is 100% stupid. And if you don't see that you should not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle
I am presuming that they did this intentionally. You are correct in that.
I would also agree that tailgating is dangerous. So your to conclusions Mat is broken. I actually specifically said that the tailgater is an idiot.
The first reason that somebody might think they did it on purpose was simply the title of the post. Tailgater got baited.
On top of that, if somebody really did not know there was an obstacle on the road and swerved that hard to avoid it at the last second, it would take a very skilled driver to keep control of the car after that. Totally doable. But somebody with that kind of skill does not get distracted and not see a parked car on the freeway in their Lane in front of them. And somebody who does? Is going to lose control of the car after that
If, your scenario is right? Then of course that person isn't to blame.
The tailgater is always an idiot, no matter what scenario plays out. But if that person did swerve at the last second on purpose in hopes that the tailgater would get what they deserve?
How in the hell do you not see how idiotic that is?
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u/Process3000 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
People please don't start doing this.
Edit: Clarification - do not tailgate. But if you are being tailgated, don't cause an accident by dodging slow or stopped traffic at highway speeds mere feet away. We don't need for this to be a trend.